Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered Job.
| ויען אליפז התימני ויאמר |
2 “Could I say a word? I don't want to upset you but who could keep quiet and not respond?
| הנסה דבר אליך תלאה ועצר במלין מי יוכל |
3 You've certainly encouraged many people and supported those who are weak.
| הנה יסרת רבים וידים רפות תחזק |
4 Your advice has helped those who are stumbling not to fall, and you have strengthened those whose knees are weak.
| כושל יקימון מליך וברכים כרעות תאמץ |
5 But now you're the one suffering and you're upset.
| כי עתה תבוא אליך ותלא תגע עדיך ותבהל |
6 Wasn't it your reverence for God that gave you confidence and your integrity that gave you hope?
| הלא יראתך כסלתך תקותך ותם דרכיך |
7 Think about it: since when did the innocent die? Since when were good people destroyed?
| זכר-נא--מי הוא נקי אבד ואיפה ישרים נכחדו |
8 From what I've seen it's those who plant evil and sow trouble who reap the same!
| כאשר ראיתי חרשי און וזרעי עמל יקצרהו |
9 A breath from God destroys them; a blast of his anger wipes them out.
| מנשמת אלוה יאבדו ומרוח אפו יכלו |
10 Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.
| שאגת אריה וקול שחל ושני כפירים נתעו |
11 Even a lion dies from lack of food, and the lioness' cubs are scattered.
| ליש אבד מבלי-טרף ובני לביא יתפרדו |
12 A word quietly crept up on me; a whisper reached my ear.
| ואלי דבר יגנב ותקח אזני שמץ מנהו |
13 Troubling thoughts came to me in nightmares when you fall into a deep sleep.
| בשעפים מחזינות לילה בנפל תרדמה על-אנשים |
14 I became terrified and trembled; all my bones were shaking.
| פחד קראני ורעדה ורב עצמותי הפחיד |
15 Then a breath brushed my face and gave me goose-pimples.
| ורוח על-פני יחלף תסמר שערת בשרי |
16 Something stopped, but I couldn't see its face. My eyes could only make out a shape. It was totally quiet, and then I heard a voice:
| יעמד ולא אכיר מראהו-- תמונה לנגד עיני דממה וקול אשמע |
17 ‘Can anyone be right before God? Can anyone be pure before their Maker?
| האנוש מאלוה יצדק אם מעשהו יטהר-גבר |
18 If he doesn't even trust his servants, and he says his angels make mistakes,
| הן בעבדיו לא יאמין ובמלאכיו ישים תהלה |
19 how much more does this apply to those who live in these houses made of clay, whose foundations are based on dust, who fall apart like clothing to a moth?
| אף שכני בתי-חמר--אשר-בעפר יסודם ידכאום לפני-עש |
20 Alive in the morning, they are dead by evening. They die, unnoticed.
| מבקר לערב יכתו מבלי משים לנצח יאבדו |
21 They are like tent ropes that are pulled up, and they collapse in death. They die without wisdom.’
| הלא-נסע יתרם בם ימותו ולא בחכמה |
